Advances in Research Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

I am here today and tomorrow:

St. Louis Advances in Research (STLAR) Conference Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Thursday, April 7, 2016

11:30 – 12:30 pm Consumption and House Prices in the Great Recession: Model meets Evidence Presenter: Greg Kaplan (Princeton University) Coauthors: Kurt Mitman, Gianluca Violante

1:30 – 2:30 pm How Credit Constraints Impact Job Finding Rates, Sorting & Aggregate Output Presenter: Kyle Herkenhoff (University of Minnesota) Coauthors: Ethan Cohen-Cole, Gordon Phillips

2:45 – 3:45 pm The Influence of Benefit Extensions on Unemployment Presenter: Loukas Karabarbounis (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)

4:00 – 5:00 pm House Prices and Consumer Spending Presenter: David Berger (Northwestern University) Coauthors: Veronica Guerreri, Guido Lorenzoni, Joe Vavra

5:00 – 6:00 pm Do Banks Pass Through Credit Expansions to Consumers Who Want to Borrow? Presenter: Johannes Stroebel (New York University) Coauthors: Sumit Agarwal, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Neale Mahoney

Friday, April 8, 2016

9:00 – 10:00 am Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries Presenter: Ufuk Akcigit (University of Chicago) Coauthors: Harun Alp, Michael Peters

10:00 – 11:00 am Urban-Rural Wage Gaps in Developing Countries: Spatial Misallocation or Efficient Sorting? Presenter: David Lagakos (University of California, San Diego) Coauthors: Mushfiq Mobarak, Michael Waugh

11:15 – 12:15 pm Inequality and Aggregate Demand Presenter: Adrien Auclert (Stanford University)

12:15 – 1:15 pm Unconventional Monetary Policy and the Allocation of Credit Presenter: Amir Kermani (Berkeley University) Coauthors: Marco Di Maggio, Christopher Palmer